Nebraska Today - Rural Drug Addiction Research Center renewed for five more years
Nebraska Today reports on the Center's $11,597,682 Phase 2 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence Program.
View the Article: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/rural-drug-addiction-research-center-renewed-for-five-more-years/
Friday, May 10, 2024 by Halley Horne
KOLN TV - Nebraska researchers receive grant to continue studying drug use in rural communities
KOLN TV reports on the RDAR Center's renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health. They speak with Center Director, Rick Bevins, and LNC Co-Director, Patrick Habecker, on the importance of the Center's work for communities impacted by drug use and misuse.
View the Story: https://www.1011now.com/2024/05/08/nebraska-researchers-receive-grant-continue-studying-drug-use-rural-communities/
Friday, May 10, 2024 by Halley Horne
Nebraska Today: Survey Research Mines Delta-8 Usage in Nebraska
Nebraska Today reports on RDAR Center Researchers, Patrick Habecker and Rick Bevins, new publication on "Patterns of delta 8 THC and cannabis uptake in Nebraska: A cannabis prohibition state."
Friday, April 19, 2024 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series Lineup for Spring 2024
Mark your calendars for our upcoming seminar series events! The virtual events are free and open to the public.
To Learn More and Register: https://events.unl.edu/RDAR/upcoming/
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by Nora Crimmins
RDAR Center on Seminar Series on February 8th, 2024
Tiffany Marcantonio, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Science at the University of Alabama, will join us in February for our virtual Seminar Series event. She will present “What do we need to know to prevent substance facilitated sexual assaults?”
Monday, December 18, 2023 by Nora Crimmins
Co-Hosted Seminar on Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and SU
Join the RDAR Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative on September 14, 2023, at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom for a jointly hosted Seminar Series event featuring Christal Badour, a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky. She will present “Using a Health Equity Framework to Understand Trauma and Substance Use in Rural Appalachia.”
Thursday, August 17, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series on October 12, 2023
Hugh Garavan, Professor at the University of Vermont, will be featured at the RDAR Center's Seminar Series event on October 12th at 1:30 PM CT via Zoom. He will present “Differential Associations of Adolescent vs Young Adult Cannabis Initiation with Longitudinal Brain Change and Behavior.”
Wednesday, August 16, 2023 by Halley Horne
Event and Program Associate Job Opening
The Rural Drug Addiction Research Center and the Minority Health Disparities Initiative (MHDI) are searching for an Event and Program Associate!
This position will manage the event coordination for both units and be responsible for the comprehensive management of special programming within the MHDI.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne
The 2023 Symposium on Substance Use Research is November 7-9
The annual Symposium on Substance Use Research (SOSUR) focuses on leveraging research, knowledge, and insight on substance use from across the country. This year it will be held on November 07-09, via Zoom. The virtual format will include expert keynotes, panels, and research presentations on a wide variety of substance use topics. There is no cost to attend and it is open to the public.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 by Halley Horne
RDAR Center Seminar Series on May 11, 2023
Patrick Habecker will present “The First 600: What We Learned about 600 People Who Use Drugs in the Great Plains” on May 11, 2023, at 1:30pm CT via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Register here to attend: https://unl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KqRvCMTQpGbjsLA_DEEAg#/registration
Saturday, April 15, 2023 by Nora Crimmins